Free and Discounted Ed Tech Tools for Online Learning During the Coronavirus Pandemic
By Dian Schaffhauser
03/16/2020 on Campus Technology
As more and more colleges and universities are shutting down their campuses over the next several weeks in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, education technology companies have stepped forward to help move student learning to the virtual realm. Some companies are making their paid services free through the rest of the school year; others are lifting limits to services and/or adding premium features to […]
Seven company offerings specifically for COVID-19
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The following education companies are offering free resources to K-12 schools, colleges, and universities. Please note, these are new offerings specifically created to help schools deal with COVID-19
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Turnitin
Turnitin continues to operate at full capacity with mandatory work-at-home policy for employees. There is no effect on capacity and in […]
How We Shifted From From Static Learning To Constructionist Learning
03/02/2020 on Teach Thought
…Paul’s interest in a collaborative project came at a synchronistic time for me. I had just brought the movie “Most Likely to Succeed” to my school and I had just been introduced to SAM Labs. The film explores a collaborative history and science constructionist project at High Tech High in San Diego. SAM Labs is a cutting-edge coding and electronic technology kit for teachers to bring engaging STEAM projects to their students…Read full […]
Are Algorithmically-Generated Term Papers the Next Big Challenge to Academic Integrity?
02/12/2020
By Jeffrey R. Young on EdSurge
…For instance, some students take paragraphs from found papers (or ones purchased from sites that sell them), put them into Google Translate and translate them into German, then take the result and translate them back into English. That’s according to Valerie Schreiner, a chief product officer at Turnitin, a company that sells plagiarism-detection software…Read full article here.